Two USAF F-16 pilots of the 526th Fighter Squadron, flying as part of NATO’s Operation Deny Flight, shoot down four Serb Super Galeb attack aircraft after twice warning the Serb jets to leave Bosnian airspace. It is NATO’s first combat in its 45-year history. Then-Capt. Robert Gordon “Wilbur” Wright was credited with three kills, and Capt. Stephen L. “Yogi” Allen with one.
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
